Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds donates 1,600 to children's football team

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Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds donates 1,600 to children's football team

Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds has kindly donated 1,600 to a children's football team so they can buy a new kit.

Kayleigh Barton, who set up a fundraising page for her son's under 12 soccer team FC United of Wrexham, said she was in complete shock Reynolds and fellow actor Rob McElhenney are owners of the city's National League side, which they took over in 2021.

In response to Ms Barton's appeal, Reynolds made a donation of 600 followed by another 1,000.

Ms Barton said she was nearly in tears. I know how much money it means to the club and the lads. Happy is an understatement. In her original plea, she said she wanted all the boys to be able to wear the same kit as they work so hard. GoFundMe confirmed that the two donations were from the actor.

The 46-year-old also messaged team s founder Andrew Ruscoe to say enjoy the new uniforms! Ruscoe told local newspaper The Leader that he had asked the actor to retweet the fundraising appeal but didn't expect him to donate himself.

The team tweeted a video of its players thanking Reynolds and said it would add the Deadpool logo to the kit's sleeves as a sign of appreciation. It is not the first time that the actor has made headlines with a kind gesture.

Last year he and McElhenney donated 10,000 to a fundraiser after a player's son was stillborn, and in July he video-messaged a 13-year-old boy after open-heart surgery.

The couple was recently honoured for promoting Wales and the Welsh language.